White Winter Pearmain

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Origin

Indiana, United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.4 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 3.90 g/L
Juice pH: 3.70

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

An old favorite dessert apple that was brought to Indiana in early pomological times but has never been positively identified. It features pale yellow skin with a brownish-red shade and offers firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a mild subacid and sprightly aromatic flavor. The variety succeeded better in the Middle West (Ohio to Kansas) than in New York and was catalogued by the American Pomological Society in 1858 as White Winter Pearmain.

Flavor & Texture

mildsubacidsprightlyaromaticcrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eatingcooking

13 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Offspring

Indo

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Known by: ≥ 1830

subacidsprightlyaromatic

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 613887
UK National Fruit Collection: 6748
Wikidata: Q22287059